Photo-sensitive composition for insulating film for touch panel of organic light emitting display device

ABSTRACT

Provided herein are a touch panel with excellent sensitivity by implementing an insulating film for a touch panel with a low dielectric constant from a photo-sensitive composition using hollow silica particles, and an organic light emitting display device to which the touch panel is applied.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE Field of the Disclosure

The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting displaydevice and a photo-sensitive composition for forming an insulating filmused in a touch panel of an organic light emitting display device.

Related Art

An organic light emitting display device is provided with an organiclight emitting device which includes a hole injection electrode, anelectron injection electrode, and an organic light emitting layerinterposed therebetween, and it is a self-luminous display device whereexcitons, which are generated by a linkage between the holes injectedfrom the hole injection electrode and the electrons injected from theelectron injection electrode in the organic light emitting layer,generate light as they fall from an excited state to a ground state.

Since the organic light emitting display device, which is aself-luminous display device, does not require a separate light source,it can be operated at low voltage, can be configured in a light and thinshape, and has been highlighted as a next-generation display device dueto its high quality characteristics, such as a wide viewing angle, highcontrast, and fast response speed.

However, since the organic light emitting display device has a propertyof being deteriorated by external moisture, oxygen, etc., the organiclight emitting device is sealed so as to protect the organic lightemitting device from external moisture, oxygen, etc.

Recently, for the purpose of thinning and/or flexibility of the organiclight emitting display device, thin film encapsulation (TFE) thatconsists of a plurality of inorganic films or a plurality of layersincluding an organic film and an inorganic film is used as a means forsealing the organic light emitting device.

Meanwhile, since the touch panel is an input device that can easily beused by anyone, regardless of age or gender, by interactively andintuitively manipulating the buttons displayed on the display with afinger, it is currently being applied in many fields (e.g., issuancedevices for banks and government offices, various medical equipment,information for tourism and major institutions, transportationinformation, etc.).

Known methods of implementing a touch panel include a resistive filmmethod, a photo-sensitive method, a capacitive method, etc. Such a touchpanel is generally configured to be linked to the outer surface of aflat panel display device (e.g., an organic light emitting displaydevice), and there are problems in that the overall thickness of theproduct is increased and manufacturing cost is increased when aseparately manufactured touch panel and a flat panel display are linkedto each other to be used.

In order to improve the above problems, recently, a built-in touch panelin which a capacitive touch panel using static electricity is placedinside a display is widely used. In the case of the built-in capacitivetouch panel, two layers of electrodes are prepared inside the touchpanel, and an insulating film is disposed between the two electrodes. Inparticular, a high-sensitivity touch panel can be manufactured only whenthe insulating film has excellent insulating properties. Therefore, aninsulating film for a touch panel having excellent low dielectricconstant characteristics is required.

SUMMARY

In order to solve the problems in the related art, in an embodiment, thepresent disclosure provides a touch panel with excellent sensitivity byimplementing an insulating film for a touch panel with a low dielectricconstant from a photo-sensitive composition using hollow silicaparticles, and also provides an organic light emitting display device towhich the touch panel is applied.

The present disclosure provides a photo-sensitive composition for aninsulating film for a touch panel of an organic light emitting displaydevice, in which the photo-sensitive composition includes an alkalisoluble resin; a reactive unsaturated compound; a photo-initiator;hollow silica; and a solvent.

The alkali soluble resin preferably includes a copolymer resin thatincludes a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (1), arepeating unit represented by the following Formula (2), and a repeatingunit represented by the following Formula (3):

In another specific embodiment, the present disclosure provides aninsulation film for a touch panel of an organic light emitting displaydevice which is formed from the photo-sensitive composition, in whichthe dielectric constant is in the range of 2.50 to 3.50 when thefrequency of the AC voltage is in the range of 50 KHz to 300 KHz.

In still another specific embodiment, the present disclosure provides atouch panel which includes a first touch electrode; a second touchelectrode disposed on the first touch electrode; and the insulatinglayer disposed between the first touch electrode and the second touchelectrode.

In still another specific embodiment, the present disclosure provides anorganic light emitting display device, which includes a substrate; anorganic light emitting device layer on the substrate; a sealing layerdisposed on the organic light emitting device layer; and the touch paneldisposed on the sealing layer.

Advantageous of the Invention

The photo-sensitive composition according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure can provide a touch panel with excellent sensitivityby implementing an insulating film for a touch panel with a lowdielectric constant.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The FIGURE conceptually illustrates a touch panel for implementing thepresent disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, some Examples of the present disclosure will be describedin detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In adding referencenumerals to components of each drawing, the same components may have thesame reference numerals even though they are indicated on differentdrawings.

When it is determined that a detailed description of a related knownconstitution or function may obscure the gist of the present disclosurein describing the present disclosure, the detailed description thereofmay be omitted. When the expressions “includes”, “has”, “consisting of”,etc. mentioned in this specification are used, other parts may be addedunless “only” is used. When a component is expressed in the singularform, it may include a case in which the plural form is included unlessotherwise explicitly stated.

In describing the components of the present disclosure, terms such asfirst, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc. may be used. These terms are onlyfor distinguishing the components from other components, and theessence, order, sequence, the number, etc. of the components are notlimited by the terms.

In the description of the positional relationship of the components,when two or more components are described as being “connected”,“linked”, or “fused”, etc., the two or more components may be directly“connected”, “linked”, or “fused”, but it should be understood that thetwo or more components may also be “connected”, “linked”, or “fused” byway of a further “interposition” of a different component. Inparticular, the different component may be included in any one or moreof the two or more components that are to be “connected”, “linked”, or“fused” to each other.

In addition, when a component (e.g., a layer, a film, a region, a plate,etc.) is described to be “on top” or “on” of another component, itshould be understood that this may also include a case where anothercomponent is “immediately on top of” as well as a case where anothercomponent is disposed therebetween. In contrast, it should be understoodthat when a component is described to be “immediately on top of” anothercomponent, it means that there is no other component disposedtherebetween.

In the description of the temporal flow relationship related to thecomponents, the operation method or the production method, for example,when the temporal precedence or flow precedence is described by way of“after”, “subsequently”, “thereafter”, “before”, etc., it may alsoinclude cases where the flow is not continuous unless terms such as“immediately” or “directly” is used.

Meanwhile, when the reference is made to numerical values orcorresponding information for components, numerical values orcorresponding information may be interpreted as including an error rangethat may occur due to various factors (e.g., procedural factors,internal or external shocks, noise, etc.) even if there is no explicitdescription thereon.

The terms used in this specification and the appended claims are asfollows, unless otherwise stated, without departing from the spirit ofthe present disclosure.

As used herein, the term “halo” or “halogen” includes fluorine (F),chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), and iodine (I), unless otherwise specified.

As used herein, the term “alkyl” or “alkyl group” has 1 to 60 carbonslinked by a single bond unless otherwise specified, and refers to aradical of a saturated aliphatic functional group, including a linearchain alkyl group, a branched chain alkyl group, a cycloalkyl(alicyclic) group, an alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl group, and acycloalkyl-substituted alkyl group.

As used herein, the term “haloalkyl group” or “halogenalkyl group”refers to an alkyl group in which a halogen is substituted, unlessotherwise specified.

As used herein, the term “alkenyl” or “alkynyl” has a double bond or atriple bond, respectively, includes a linear or branched chain group,and has 2 to 60 carbon atoms, unless otherwise specified, but is notlimited thereto.

As used herein, the term “cycloalkyl” refers to an alkyl which forms aring having 3 to 60 carbon atoms unless otherwise specified, but is notlimited thereto.

As used herein, the term “an alkoxy group” or “alkyloxy group” refers toan alkyl group to which an oxygen radical is linked, and has 1 to 60carbon atoms unless otherwise specified, but is not limited thereto.

As used herein, the term “alkenoxyl group”, “alkenoxy group”,“alkenyloxyl group”, or “alkenyloxy group” refers to an alkenyl group towhich an oxygen radical is linked, and has 2 to 60 carbon atoms unlessotherwise specified, but is not limited thereto.

As used herein, the terms “aryl group” and “arylene group” each have 6to 60 carbon atoms unless otherwise specified, but are not limitedthereto. As used herein, the aryl group or arylene group includes asingle ring type, a ring assembly, a fused multiple ring compound, etc.For example, the aryl group may include a phenyl group, a monovalentfunctional group of biphenyl, a monovalent functional group ofnaphthalene, a fluorenyl group, and a substituted fluorenyl group, andthe arylene group may include a fluorenylene group and a substitutedfluorenylene group.

As used herein, the term “ring assembly” means that two or more ringsystems (monocyclic or fused ring systems) are directly connected toeach other through a single bond or double bond, in which the number ofdirect links between such rings is one less than the total number ofring systems in the compound. In the ring assembly, the same ordifferent ring systems may be directly connected to each other through asingle bond or double bond.

As used herein, since the aryl group includes a ring aggregate, the arylgroup includes biphenyl and terphenyl in which a benzene ring, which isa single aromatic ring, is connected by a single bond. In addition,since the aryl group also includes a compound in which an aromatic ringsystem fused to an aromatic single ring is connected by a single bond,it also includes, for example, a compound in which a benzene ring (whichis an aromatic single ring) and fluorine (which is a fused aromatic ringsystem) are linked by a single bond.

As used herein, the term “fused multiple ring system” refers to a fusedring form in which at least two atoms are shared, and it includes a formin which ring systems of two or more hydrocarbons are fused, a form inwhich at least one heterocyclic system including at least one heteroatomis fused, etc. Such a fused multiple ring system may be an aromaticring, a heteroaromatic ring, an aliphatic ring, or a combination ofthese rings. For example, in the case of an aryl group, it may be anaphthalenyl group, a phenanthrenyl group, a fluorenyl group, etc., butis not limited thereto.

As used herein, the term “a spiro compound” has a spiro union, and thespiro union refers to a linkage in which two rings share only one atom.In particular, the atom shared by the two rings is called a “spiroatom”, and they are each called “monospiro-”, “dispiro-”, and“trispiro-” compounds depending on the number of spiro atoms included ina compound.

As used herein, the terms “fluorenyl group”, “fluorenylene group”, and“fluorenetriyl group” refer to a monovalent, divalent, or trivalentfunctional group in which R, R′, R″, and R′″ are all hydrogen in thefollowing structures, respectively, unless otherwise specified;“substituted fluorenyl group”, “substituted fluorenylene group”, or“substituted fluorenetriyl group” means that at least one of thesubstituents R, R′, R″, and R′″ is a substituent other than hydrogen,and include cases where R and R′ are bound to each other to form a spirocompound together with the carbon to which they are linked. As usedherein, all of the fluorenyl group, the fluorenylene group, and thefluorenetriyl group may also be referred to as a fluorene groupregardless of valences such as monovalent, divalent, trivalent, etc.

In addition, the R, R′, R″, and R′″ may each independently be an alkylgroup having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 1 to 20carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and aheterocyclic group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms and, for example, thearyl group may be phenyl, biphenyl, naphthalene, anthracene, orphenanthrene, and the heterocyclic group may be pyrrole, furan,thiophene, pyrazole, imidazole, triazole, pyridine, pyrimidine,pyridazine, pyrazine, triazine, indole, benzofuran, quinazoline, orquinoxaline. For example, the substituted fluorenyl group and thefluorenylene group may each be a monovalent functional group or divalentfunctional group of 9,9-dimethylfluorene, 9,9-diphenylfluorene and9,9′-spirobi[9H-fluorene].

As used herein, the term “heterocyclic group” includes not only aromaticrings (e.g., “heteroaryl group” and “heteroarylene group”), but alsonon-aromatic rings, and may refer to a ring having 2 to 60 carbon atomseach including one or more heteroatoms unless otherwise specified, butis not limited thereto. As used herein, the term “heteroatom” refers toN, O, S, P, or Si unless otherwise specified, and a heterocyclic grouprefers to a monocyclic group including a heteroatom, a ring assembly, afused multiple ring system, a spiro compound, etc.

For example, the “heterocyclic group” may include a compound including aheteroatom group (e.g., SO₂, P═O, etc.), such as the compound shownbelow, instead of carbon that forms a ring.

As used herein, the term “ring” includes monocyclic and polycyclicrings, and includes heterocycles containing at least one heteroatom aswell as hydrocarbon rings, and includes aromatic and non-aromatic rings.

As used herein, the term “polycyclic” includes ring assemblies (e.g.,biphenyl, terphenyl, etc.), fused multiple ring systems, and spirocompounds, includes non-aromatic as well as aromatic compounds, andincludes heterocycles containing at least one heteroatom as well ashydrocarbon rings.

As used herein, the term “alicyclic group” refers to cyclic hydrocarbonsother than aromatic hydrocarbons, and it includes monocyclic, ringassemblies, fused multiple ring systems, spiro compounds, etc., andrefers to a ring having 3 to 60 carbon atoms unless otherwise specified,but is not limited thereto. For example, when benzene (i.e., an aromaticring) and cyclohexane (i.e., a non-aromatic ring) are fused, it alsocorresponds to an aliphatic ring.

Additionally, when prefixes are named consecutively, it means that thesubstituents are listed in the order they are described. For example, inthe case of an arylalkoxy group, it means an alkoxy group substitutedwith an aryl group; in the case of an alkoxycarbonyl group, it means acarbonyl group substituted with an alkoxy group; additionally, in thecase of an arylcarbonylalkenyl group, it means an alkenyl groupsubstituted with an arylcarbonyl group, in which the arylcarbonyl groupis a carbonyl group substituted with an aryl group.

Additionally, unless otherwise specified, the term “substituted” in theexpression “substituted or unsubstituted” as used herein refers to asubstitution with one or more substituents selected from the groupconsisting of deuterium, a halogen, an amino group, a nitrile group, anitro group, a C₁₋₃₀ alkyl group, a C₁₋₃₀ alkoxy group, a C₁₋₃₀alkylamine group, a C₁₋₃₀ alkylthiophene group, a C₆₋₃₀ arylthiophenegroup, a C₂₋₃₀ alkenyl group, a C₂₋₃₀ alkynyl group, a C₃₋₃₀ cycloalkylgroup, a C₆₋₃₀ aryl group, a C₆₋₃₀ aryl group substituted withdeuterium, a C₈₋₃₀ arylalkenyl group, a silane group, a boron group, agermanium group, and a C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic group containing at least oneheteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, Si, and P, butis not limited to these substituents.

As used herein, the “names of functional groups” corresponding to thearyl group, arylene group, heterocyclic group, etc. exemplified asexamples of each symbol and a substituent thereof may be described as “aname of the functional group reflecting its valence”, and may also bedescribed as the “name of its parent compound”. For example, in the caseof “phenanthrene”, which is a type of an aryl group, the names of thegroups may be described such that the monovalent group as “phenanthryl(group)”, and the divalent group as “phenanthrylene (group)”, etc., butmay also be described as “phenanthrene”, which is the name of its parentcompound, regardless of its valence.

Similarly, in the case of pyrimidine, it may be described regardless ofits valence, or in the case of being monovalent, it may be described aspyrimidinyl (group); and in the case of being divalent, it may bedescribed as the “name of the group” of the valence (e.g.,pyrimidinylene (group)). Therefore, as used herein, when the type of asubstituent is described as the name of its parent compound, it mayrefer to an n-valent “group” formed by detachment of a hydrogen atomlinked to a carbon atom and/or hetero atom of its parent compound.

In addition, in describing the names of the compounds or thesubstituents in the present specification, the numbers or lettersindicating positions may be omitted. For example,pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidine may be described as pyridopyrimidine;benzofuro[2,3-d]pyrimidine as benzofuropyrimidine;9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluorene as dimethylfluorene, etc. Therefore, bothbenzo[g]quinoxaline and benzo[f]quinoxaline may be described asbenzoquinoxaline.

In addition, unless there is an explicit description, the formulas usedin the present disclosure are applied in the same manner as in thedefinition of substituents by the exponent definition of the formulabelow.

In particular, when a is an integer of 0, it means that the substituentR¹ is absent, that is, when a is 0, it means that all hydrogens arelinked to carbons that form a benzene ring, and in this case, theformula or compound may be described while omitting the indication ofthe hydrogen linked to the carbon. In addition, when a is an integer of1, one substituent R¹ may be linked to any one of the carbons forming abenzene ring; when a is an integer of 2 or 3, it may be linked, forexample, as shown below; even when a is an integer of 4 to 6, it may belinked to the carbon of a benzene ring in a similar manner; and when ais an integer of 2 or greater, R¹ may be the same as or different fromeach other.

Unless otherwise specified in the present application, forming a ringmeans that neighboring groups bind to one another to form a single ringor fused multiple ring, and the single ring and the formed fusedmultiple ring include a heterocycle containing at least one heteroatomas well as a hydrocarbon ring, and may include aromatic and non-aromaticrings.

In addition, unless otherwise specified in the present specification,when indicating a condensed ring, the number in “number-condensed ring”indicates the number of rings to be condensed. For example, a form inwhich three rings are condensed with one another (e.g., anthracene,phenanthrene, benzoquinazoline, etc.) may be expressed as a 3-condensedring.

Meanwhile, as used herein, the term “bridged bicyclic compound” refersto a compound in which two rings share 3 or more atoms to form a ring,unless otherwise specified. In particular, the shared atoms may includecarbon or a hetero atom.

In the present disclosure, an organic electric device may refer to acomponent(s) between an anode and a cathode, or may refer to an organiclight emitting diode which includes an anode, a cathode, and acomponent(s) disposed therebetween.

Additionally, in some cases, the display device in the presentdisclosure may refer to an organic electric device, an organic lightemitting diode, and a panel including the same, or may refer to anelectronic device including a panel and a circuit. In particular, forexample, the electronic device may include a lighting device, a solarcell, a portable or mobile terminal (e.g., a smart phone, a tablet, aPDA, an electronic dictionary, a PMP, etc.), a navigation terminal, agame machine, various TV sets, various computer monitors, etc., but isnot limited thereto, and may be any type of device as long as itincludes the component(s).

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described indetail. However, these embodiments are provided for illustrativepurposes, and the present disclosure is not limited thereby, and thepresent disclosure is only defined by the scope of the claims to bedescribed later.

The photo-sensitive composition for an insulating film for a touch panelof the organic light emitting display device according to a specificembodiment of the present disclosure includes an alkali soluble resin, areactive unsaturated compound, a photo-initiator, hollow silica, and asolvent.

Hereinafter, each component will be described in detail.

(1) Alkali Soluble Resin

The photo-sensitive composition for an insulating film for a touch panelof the organic light emitting display device according to a specificembodiment of the present disclosure includes a copolymer resin thatincludes a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (1), arepeating unit represented by the following Formula (2), and a repeatingunit represented by the following Formula (3).

In Formula (1) to Formula (3) above,

1) * represents a binding site;

2) R¹ is hydrogen; deuterium; a halogen; a fluorenyl group; a carbonylgroup; an ester group; an ether group; a sulfonic acid group; a C₆₋₃₀aryl group; a C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic group containing at least oneheteroatom among O, N, S, Si, and P; a C₆₋₃₀ of used ring group of aaliphatic ring and a aromatic ring; a C₁₋₂₀ alkyl group; a C₂₋₂₀ alkenylgroup; a C₂₋₂₀ alkynyl group; a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxy group; a C₆₋₃₀ aryloxygroup; or a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxycarbonyl group;

3) a is an integer from 1 to 5;

4) R² to R⁴ are each independently hydrogen; deuterium; a halogen; afluorenyl group; a C₆₋₃₀ aryl group; a C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic groupcontaining at least one heteroatom among O, N, S, Si, and P; a C₆₋₃₀fused ring group of a aliphatic ring and a aromatic ring; a C₁₋₂₀ alkylgroup; a C₂₋₂₀ alkenyl group; a C₂₋₂₀ alkynyl group; a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxygroup; a C₆₋₃₀ aryloxy group; or a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxycarbonyl group;

5) L¹ is a single bond; a fluorenylene group; C₁₋₃₀ alkylene; C₁₋₃₀alkoxylene; C₁₋₃₀ alkenylene; C₆₋₃₀ arylene; C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic ring; orC₃₋₃₀ cycloalkylene;

6) w is 0.4 to 0.7 (a mole fraction of the repeating unit represented byFormula (1) among resin molecules); x is 0.1 to 0.3 (a mole fraction ofthe repeating unit represented by Formula (2) among resin molecules);and y is 0.1 to 0.3 (a mole fraction of the repeating unit representedby Formula (3) among resin molecules);

7) R¹ to R⁴ may bind between the neighboring groups to form a ring; and

8) the R¹ to R⁴, the L¹, and the ring formed by a mutual binding betweenthe neighboring groups may be each further substituted with one or moresubstituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium; a halogen;a silane group substituted or unsubstituted with a C₁₋₃₀ alkyl group orC₆₋₃₀ aryl group; a siloxane group; a boron group; a germanium group; acyano group; an amino group; a nitro group; a C₁₋₃₀ alkylthio group; aC₁₋₃₀ alkoxy group; a C₆₋₃₀ arylalkoxy group; a C₁₋₃₀ alkyl group; aC₂₋₃₀ alkenyl group; a C₂₋₃₀ alkynyl group; a C₆₋₃₀ aryl group; a C₆₋₃₀aryl group substituted with deuterium; a fluorenyl group; a C₂₋₃₀heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom among O, N, S, Si,and P; a C₃₋₃₀ alicyclic group; a C₇₋₃₀ arylalkyl group; a C₈₋₃₀arylalkenyl group; and a combination thereof, or may form a ring betweenthe neighboring substituents.

When R¹ to R⁴ are an aryl group, R¹ to R⁴ may preferably be a C₆₋₃₀ arylgroup, and more preferably a C₆₋₁₈ aryl group (e.g., phenyl, biphenyl,naphthyl, terphenyl, etc.).

When R¹ to R⁴ area heterocyclic group, R¹ to R⁴ may preferably be aC₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic group, and more preferably a C₂₋₁₈ heterocyclic group(e.g., dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene, naphthobenzothiophene,naphthobenzofuran, etc.).

When R¹ to R⁴ are a heterocyclic group, R¹ to R⁴ may preferably be9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluorene, 9,9-diphenyl-9H-a fluorenyl group,9,9′-spirobifluorene, etc.

When L¹ is an arylene group, L¹ may preferably be a C₆₋₃₀ arylene group,and more preferably a C₆₋₁₈ arylene group (e.g., phenyl, biphenyl,naphthyl, terphenyl, etc.).

When R¹ to R⁴ are an aryl group, R¹ to R⁴ may preferably be a C₁₋₁₀alkyl group (e.g., methyl, t-butyl, etc.).

When R¹ to R⁴ are an alkoxyl group, R¹ to R⁴ may preferably be a C₁₋₂₀alkoxyl group, and more preferably a C₁₋₁₀ alkoxyl group (e.g., methoxy,t-butoxy, etc.).

The ring formed by a mutual binding between the neighboring groups of R¹to R⁴ and L¹ may be a C₆₋₆₀ aromatic ring group; a fluorenyl group; aC₂₋₆₀ heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom among O, N,S, Si, and P; or a C₃₋₆₀ alicyclic group, and for example, when anaromatic ring is formed by a mutual binding between the neighboringgroups, preferably a C₆₋₂₀ aromatic ring, and more preferably a C₆₋₁₄aromatic ring (e.g., benzene, naphthalene, phenanthrene, etc.) may beformed.

In the repeating unit structure represented by Formula (3) above, R⁴ ispreferably a heterocyclic group, more preferably, it is a heterocyclicgroup containing oxygen (O), even more preferably it is a saturatedheterocyclic ring containing oxygen (O), and most preferably, thestructure of Formula (3-1), Formula (3-2), or Formula (3-3) below, butis not limited thereto.

When the repeating unit represented by Formula (3) includes structuressuch as Formula (3-1), Formula (3-2), and Formula (3-3), a crosslinkingcan be formed between copolymer resins. Accordingly, when the insulatingfilm of a touch panel of an organic light emitting display device isformed, the degree of curing of the insulating film pattern is improved,thereby improving the stability and durability of the insulating film.

The copolymer resin may have a weight average molecular weight of 1,000g/molto 200,000 g/mol, preferably 5,000 g/molto 50,000 g/mol, and morepreferably 5,000 g/molto 30,000 g/mol. When the weight average molecularweight of the copolymer resin is within the above range, there is aneffect of reducing the loss of film thickness during the developingprocess, and there is an effect of reducing the generation of residuesduring the preparation of a pattern layer.

It is preferable that the mole fraction of the repeating unitrepresented by Formula (1) in the copolymer resin molecules is in therange of 0.4 to 0.7, and that the mole fraction of the repeating unitsrepresented by Formula (2) and Formula (3) is in the range of 0.1 to0.3. When the repeating unit has the above mole fraction, thephoto-sensitive composition of the present disclosure can exhibit adielectric constant suitable for use as an insulating film for a touchpanel of an organic light emitting display device, while maintainingadequate developability during patterning, thereby exhibiting anextremely excellent pattern resolution.

The copolymer resin may further include a repeating unit represented byFormula (4) below, in addition to the repeating units represented byFormula (1), Formula (2), and Formula (3).

In Formula (4) above,

1) * represents a bonding part;

2) Ar¹ is hydrogen; deuterium; a halogen; a fluorenyl group; a C₃₋₃₀cycloalkyl group; a C₆₋₃₀ aryl group; a C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic groupcomprising at least one heteroatom among O, N, S, Si, and P; a C₆₋₃₀fused ring group of a aliphatic ring and an aromatic ring; a C₁₋₂₀ alkylgroup; a C₂₋₂₀ alkenyl group; a C₂₋₂₀ alkynyl group; a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxygroup; a C₆₋₃₀ aryloxy group; or a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxycarbonyl group;

3) L² is a single bond; a fluorenylene group; C₁₋₃₀ alkylene; C₁₋₃₀alkoxylene; C₁₋₃₀ alkenylene; C₆₋₃₀ arylene; C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic ring; orC₃₋₃₀ cycloalkylene; and

4) z is 0.1 to 0.3 (a mole fraction of the repeating unit represented byFormula (4) among resin molecules).

When the copolymer resin additionally includes the repeating unitrepresented by Formula (4), it is preferable because the thermalstability of a photo-sensitive composition for forming an insulatingfilm for a touch panel of an organic light emitting display device isimproved while the dielectric constant is lowered. In the case of acopolymer resin including the repeating unit represented by Formula (4),it is preferable that the mole fraction of the repeating unitrepresented by Formula (4) in the copolymer resin is in the range of 0.1to 0.3. When the mole fraction of the repeating unit represented byFormula (4) is in the range of 0.1 to 0.3, there is an effect ofimproving the thermal stability of the insulating film for the touchpanel and lowering the dielectric constant while maintaining thedevelopability and resolution of the insulating film pattern of thetouch panel.

The mole fraction of the repeating unit is a value obtained by dividingthe number of moles of each monomer by the total number of moles of eachmonomer constituting each repeating unit of the copolymer resin.

The total amount of the alkali soluble resin may be included in anamount of 3 wt % to 70 wt %, and more preferably 10 wt % to 40 wt %,based on the total amount of a photo-sensitive composition. When theresin is included within the above range, excellent sensitivity,developability, and adhesion (an adherent property) can be obtained.

The photo-sensitive composition for forming a touch panel insulatingfilm of an organic light emitting display device of the presentdisclosure may further include, as an alkali soluble resin, an acrylicresin in addition to the copolymer resin. The acrylic resin is acopolymer of a first ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a secondethylenically unsaturated monomer, which is copolymerizable therewith,and it is a resin containing one or more acrylic repeating units. Theacrylic resin may be a copolymer of ethylenically unsaturated monomersincluding 2 to 10 types of acrylates and/or methacrylates, and theweight average molecular weight may be 5,000 g/mol to 30,000 g/mol.

(2) Reactive Unsaturated Compounds

The photo-sensitive composition for an insulating film for a touch panelof an organic light emitting display device according to an embodimentof the present disclosure may include a reactive unsaturated compoundwith the same structure as the following Formula (5).

In Formula (5) above, Z₁ to Z₄ have two or more structures of thefollowing Formula (G); and the rest of Z₁ to Z₄ are independentlyhydrogen, deuterium, a methyl group, an ethyl group, or a methylhydroxygroup;

In Formula (G) above,

1) t is an integer from 1 to 20;

2) L₇ is a C₁₋₂₀ alkylene group; and

3) Y₃ is the following Formula (H) or Formula (I); and

In Formula (H) above, R₂₁ is hydrogen; deuterium; or a methyl group.

The multi-acrylic compound having the same structure as Formula (5) maybe used alone or in combination of two or more. Examples thereof includepolyfunctional esters of (meth)acrylic acid having at least twoethylenically unsaturated double bonds.

In the present specification, “(meth)acrylic acid” may refer tomethacrylic acid, acrylic acid, or a mixture of methacrylic acid andacrylic acid.

Since the reactive unsaturated compound has the ethylenicallyunsaturated double bond, it is possible to form a pattern havingexcellent heat resistance, light resistance and chemical resistance bycausing sufficient polymerization during exposure to light in thepattern forming process.

Specific examples of the reactive unsaturated compound include ethyleneglycol diacrylate, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, diethylene glycoldiacrylate, triethylene glycol diacrylate, triethylene glycoldimethacrylate, 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, 1,6-hexanedioldimethacrylate, pentaerythritoltriacrylate,dipentaerythritolpentaacrylate, dipentaerythritolhexaacrylate, bisphenolA epoxy acrylate, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether acrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, etc.

Examples of the commercially available products of the reactiveunsaturated compound are as follows.

Examples of the bifunctional ester of (meth)acrylic acid includeAronixM-210, M-240, M-6200, etc. (Toa Kosei Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.),KAYARAD HDDA, HX-220, R-604, etc. (Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.), and V-260,V-312, V-335 HP, etc. (Osaka Yuki Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.).

Examples of the trifunctional ester of (meth)acrylic acid include M-309,M-400, M-405, M-450, M-7100, M-8030, and M-8060 (Toa Kosei Kagaku KogyoCo., Ltd.), KAYARAD TMPTA, DPCA-20, DPCA-60, DPCA-120, etc. (NipponKayaku Co., Ltd.), and V-295, V-300, V-360, etc. (Osaka Yuki KagakuKogyo Co., Ltd.).

These products may be used alone or in combination of two or more.

The reactive unsaturated compound may be used after treating with anacid anhydride so as to provide improved developability.

The reactive unsaturated compound may be included in an amount of 1 wt %to 40 wt %, for example, 1 wt % to 20 wt %, based on the total amount ofthe photo-sensitive composition. When the reactive unsaturated compoundis included within the above range, sufficient curing occurs duringexposure to light in the pattern forming process, thus obtainingexcellent reliability, excellent heat resistance, light resistance, andchemical resistance of the pattern, and excellent resolution andadhesion.

(3) Photo-Initiators

The photo-sensitive composition for an insulating film for a touch panelof an organic light emitting display device according to an embodimentof the present disclosure may include a photo-initiator.

The photo-sensitive composition for an insulating film for a touch panelof an organic light emitting display device according to an embodimentof the present disclosure may use, as a photo-initiator, an oximeester-based compound alone or two or more of them may be used incombination.

The initiator that can be used in combination with the oxime ester-basedcompound is an initiator used in the photo-sensitive resin composition,and examples of the initiator include an acetophenone-based compound, abenzophenone-based compound, a thioxanthone-based compound, abenzoin-based compound, a triazine-based compound, etc.

Examples of the acetophenone-based compound may include 2,2′-diethoxyacetophenone, 2,2′-dibutoxy acetophenone,2-hydroxy-2-methylpropiophenone, p-t-butyltrichloroacetophenone,p-t-butyldichloroacetophenone, 4-chloro acetophenone,2,2′-dichloro-4-phenoxy acetophenone,2-methyl-1-(4-(methylthio)phenyl)-2-morpholinopropan-1-one,2-benzyl-2-dimethylamino-1-(4-morpholinophenyl)-butan-1-one, etc.

Examples of the benzophenone-based compound may include benzophenone,benzoyl benzoate, methyl benzoyl benzoate, 4-phenyl benzophenone,hydroxybenzophenone, acrylatedbenzophenone,4,4′-bis(dimethylamino)benzophenone, 4,4′-bis(diethylamino)benzophenone,4,4′-dimethylaminobenzophenone, 4,4′-dichlorobenzophenone,3,3′-dimethyl-2-methoxybenzophenone, etc.

Examples of the thioxanthone-based compound may include thioxanthone,2-chlorothioxanthone, 2-methylthioxanthone, isopropyl thioxanthone,2,4-diethyl thioxanthone, 2,4-diisopropyl thioxanthone,2-chlorothioxanthone, etc.

Examples of the benzoin-based compound may include benzoin, benzoinmethyl ether, benzoin ethyl ether, benzoin isopropyl ether, benzoinisobutyl ether, benzyldimethylketal, etc.

Examples of the triazine-based compound may include2,4,6-trichloro-s-triazine, 2-phenyl4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine,2-(3′,4′-dimethoxystyryl)-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine,2-(4′-methoxynaphthyl)-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine,2-(p-methoxyphenyl)-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine,2-(p-tolyl)-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine; 2-biphenyl4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine,bis(trichloromethyl)-6-styryl-s-triazine,2-(naphthol-yl)-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine,2-(4-methoxynaphthol-yl)-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine,2-4-trichloromethyl(piperonyl)-6-triazine, 2-4-trichloromethyl(4′-methoxystyryl)-6-triazine, etc.

As the photo-initiator, a carbazole-based compound, a diketone-basedcompound, a sulfonium borate-based compound, a diazo-based compound, animidazole-based compound, or a biimidazole-based compound may be used inaddition to the above compounds.

As the photo-initiator, which is a radical polymerization initiator, aperoxide-based compound, an azobis-based compound may be used.

Examples of the peroxide-based compound may include ketone peroxides(e.g., methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, methyl isobutyl ketone peroxide,cyclohexanone peroxide, methylcyclohexanone peroxide, acetylacetoneperoxide, etc.); diacyl peroxides (e.g., isobutyryl peroxide,2,4-dichlorobenzoyl peroxide, o-methylbenzoyl peroxide,bis-3,5,5-trimethylhexanoyl peroxide, etc.); hydroperoxides (e.g.,2,4,4,-trimethylpentyl-2-hydroperoxide, diisopropylbenzenehydroperoxide,cumenehydroperoxide, t-butylhydroperoxide, etc.); dialkyl peroxides(e.g., dicumyl peroxide, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di(t-butylperoxy)hexane,1,3-bis(t-butyloxyisopropyl)benzene, etc.); alkyl peresters (e.g.,2,4,4-trimethylpentyl peroxyphenoxyacetate, α-cumylperoxyneodecanoate,t-butyl peroxybenzoate, di-t-butyl peroxytrimethyladipate, etc.);percarbonates (e.g., di-3-methoxybutyl peroxydicarbonate,di-2-ethylhexyl peroxydicarbonate, bis-4-t-butylcyclohexylperoxydicarbonate, diisopropylperoxydicarbonate,acetylcyclohexylsulfonyl peroxide, t-butyl peroxyaryl carbonate, etc.),etc.

Examples of the azobis-based compound may include1,1′-azobiscyclohexan-1-carbonitrile,2,2′-azobis(2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile), 2,2,-azobis(methylisobutyrate),2,2′-azobis(4-methoxy-2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile),α,α′-azobis(isobutylnitrile), 4,4′-azobis(4-cyanovaleric acid), etc.

The initiator may be used together with a photo-sensitizer that causes achemical reaction by absorbing light to enter an excited state and thentransferring the energy. Examples of the photo-sensitizer may includetetraethylene glycol bis-3-mercaptopropionate, pentaerythritoltetrakis-3-mercaptopropionate, dipentaerythritoltetrakis-3-mercaptopropionate, etc.

The initiator may be included in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 10 wt %, forexample, 0.1 wt % to 5 wt %, based on the total amount of thephoto-sensitive resin composition. When the initiator is included withinthe above range, it is possible to obtain excellent reliability due tosufficient curing that occurs during exposure to light in the patternforming process, thereby obtaining excellent heat resistance, lightresistance, and chemical resistance of the pattern, and also obtainingexcellent resolution and adhesion, and being capable of preventing adecrease in transmittance due to an unreacted initiator.

(4) Hollow Silica Particles

The photo-sensitive composition for an insulating film for a touch panelof an organic light emitting display device according to an embodimentof the present disclosure includes hollow silica particles.

The hollow silica particles may have an average particle diameter of 10nm to 500 nm, and preferably have an average particle diameter of 50 nmto 400 nm. When the average particle diameter of the hollow silicaparticles is included in the range of 50 nm to 400 nm, the effect ofhollow silica particles exposed on the surface of the pattern is smallin forming an insulating film pattern for a touch panel, thus obtaininga high resolution of the pattern and having the effect of lowering thedielectric constant.

The thickness of the outer shell of the hollow silica particles may be 5nm to 100 nm, but is not limited thereto.

The average particle diameter of hollow silica particles can bedetermined from photographs obtained by observing the dispersedparticles with a transmission electron microscope. The projected area ofthe particles is determined and the equivalent circle diameter isobtained to thereby define the average particle diameter(conventionally, 300 or more particles are measured to obtain theaverage particle diameter).

The porosity of the hollow silica particles is preferably 10 vol % to 80vol %, more preferably 20 vol % to 60 vol %, and most preferably 30 vol% to 60 vol %. It is preferable to set the porosity of the hollow silicaparticles within the above range so as to lower the dielectric constantand maintain the durability of these particles.

The hollow silica particles may be either crystalline or amorphous, maybe monodisperse particles, or may be aggregated particles as long asthey satisfy a predetermined particle size. The particles are mostpreferably spherical, but may be in the shape of beads, a shape with amajor axis/short axis ratio of 1 or more, or an irregular shape.

The specific surface area of the hollow silica particles is preferably10 m²/g to 2,000 m2/g, more preferably 20 m²/g to 1,800 m²/g, and mostpreferably 50 m²/g to 1,500 m²/g.

The hollow silica particles may be prepared by mixing with a colorant, adispersant, a resin, or an organic solvent, or may be prepared as adispersed solution alone without a colorant, and the photo-sensitiveresin composition of the present disclosure may include the dispersant.

In order to stabilize dispersion in the dispersed solution or toincrease compatibility or binding property with a binder component, thehollow silica particles may be subjected to physical surface treatment(e.g., plasma discharge treatment and corona discharge treatment) orchemical surface treatment with a surfactant, a coupling agent, etc.Among them, use of a coupling agent is preferable. As the couplingagent, an alkoxy metal compound (e.g., a titanium coupling agent or asilane coupling agent) is preferably used. Among them, a silane couplingprocess is preferable. That is, the surface of the hollow silicaparticles may be treated with an inorganic or organic material to bedissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent.

As hollow silica particles, commercially available products can bepreferably used.

Specific examples of usable hollow silica particles include Sluriaseries of JGC C&C products (e.g., isopropanol (IPA) dispersion or4-methyl-2-pentanone (MIBK) dispersion) and OSCAL series; Snowtex series(products of Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.) (e.g., IPA dispersion,ethylene glycol dispersion, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) dispersion,dimethylacetoamide dispersion, MIBK dispersion, propylene glycolmonomethyl acetate dispersion, propylene glycol monomethyl etherdispersion, methanol dispersion, ethyl acetate dispersion, butyl acetatedispersion, xylene-n-butanol dispersion, or toluene dispersion); SiliNax(products of Nittetsu Mining Co., Ltd.); PL series (products of FusoChemical Co., Ltd.); Aerosil series (products of EVONIK) (e.g.,propylene glycol acetate dispersion, ethylene glycol dispersion, or MIBKdispersion); AERODISP series (products of EVONIK), etc.

As for the hollow silica particles, one type of particle may be usedalone, or two or more types of particles may be used in combination.When two or more types of particles are used together, for example,hollow silica particles and porous silica particles may be usedtogether.

The hollow silica particles are included in an amount of 20 wt % or less(excluding the solvent) based on the total amount of the photo-sensitivecomposition.

For example, the hollow silica particles may be included in an amount of0.1 wt % to 20 wt % based on the total amount of the photo-sensitivecomposition. When the hollow silica particles are included in an amountof 0.1 wt % to 20 wt % based on the total amount of the photo-sensitivecomposition, there is an effect of lowering the dielectric constant ofthe film or pattern being formed.

When the hollow silica particles are included in an amount of less than0.1 wt % based on the total amount of the photo-sensitive composition,the effect of sufficiently lowering the dielectric constant does notoccur. In contrast, when the hollow silica particles are included in anamount of 20 wt % or more based on the total amount of thephoto-sensitive composition, developability is deteriorated during thepatterning of the photo-sensitive composition, thus resulting inresidues or lower resolution, which may be undesirable.

(5) Solvents

The photo-sensitive composition for an insulating film for a touch panelof an organic light emitting display device according to an embodimentof the present disclosure may include a solvent.

As the solvent, materials which have compatibility with the alkalisoluble resin, the reactive unsaturated compound, the silica, and theinitiator but not reactive thereto may be used.

Examples of the solvent include alcohols (e.g., methanol, ethanol,etc.); ethers (e.g., dichloroethyl ether, n-butyl ether, diisoamylether, methylphenyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, etc.); glycol ethers (e.g.,ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether,etc.); cellosolve acetates (e.g., methyl cellosolve acetate, ethylcellosolve acetate, diethyl cellosolve acetate, etc.); carbitols (e.g.,methylethylcarbitol, diethyl carbitol, diethylene glycol monomethylether, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethylether, diethylene glycol methyl ethyl ether, diethylene glycol diethylether, etc.); propylene glycol alkyl ether acetates (e.g., propyleneglycol methyl ether acetate, propylene glycol propyl ether acetate,etc.); aromatic hydrocarbons (e.g., toluene, xylene, etc.); ketones(e.g., methyl ethyl ketone, cyclohexanone,4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone, methyl-n-propyl ketone, methyl-n-butylketone, methyl-n-amyl ketone, 2-heptanone, etc.); saturated aliphaticmonocarboxylic acid alkyl esters (e.g., ethyl acetate, n-butyl acetate,isobutyl acetate, etc.); lactic acid esters (e.g., methyl lactate, ethyllactate, etc.); oxy acetate alkyl esters (e.g., methyl oxyacetate, ethyloxyacetate, butyl oxyacetate, etc.); alkoxy acetate alkyl esters (e.g.,methoxy methyl acetate, methoxy ethyl acetate, methoxy butyl acetate,ethoxy methyl acetate, ethoxy ethyl acetate, etc.); 3-oxypropionic acidalkyl esters (e.g., methyl 3-oxypropionate, ethyl 3-oxypropionate,etc.); 3-alkoxy propionic acid alkyl esters (e.g., 3-methoxy methylpropionate, 3-methoxy ethyl propionate, 3-ethoxy ethyl propionate,3-ethoxy methyl propionate, etc.); 2-oxypropionic acid alkyl esters(e.g., methyl 2-oxypropionate, ethyl 2-oxypropionate, propyl2-oxypropionate, etc.); 2-alkoxy propionic acid alkyl esters (e.g.,2-methoxy methyl propionate, 2-methoxy ethyl propionate, 2-ethoxy ethylpropionate, 2-ethoxy methyl propionate, etc.); 2-oxy-2-methyl propionicacid esters (e.g., 2-oxy-2-methyl methyl propionate, 2-oxy-2-methylethyl propionate, etc.); esters (e.g., 2-hydroxyethyl propionate,2-hydroxy-2-methyl ethyl propionate, hydroxy ethyl acetate,2-hydroxy-3-methyl methyl butanoate, etc.); ketonic acid esters (e.g.,ethyl pyruvate, etc.), etc.

Additionally, the following solvents with a high boiling point may alsobe used; N-methylformamide, N,N-dimethylformamide, N-methylformanilad,N-methylacetamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, N-methylpyrrolidone, dimethylsulfoxide, benzylethylether, dihexyl ether, acetyl acetone, isophorone,caproic acid, caprylic acid, 1-octanol, 1-nonanol, benzyl alcohol,benzyl acetate, ethyl benzoate, diethyl oxalate, diethyl maleate,γ-butyrolactone, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, phenylcellosolve acetate, etc.

Among the solvents above, considering compatibility and reactivity, thefollowing solvents may be used: glycol ethers (e.g., ethylene glycolmonoethyl ether, etc.); ethylene glycol alkyl ether acetates (e.g.,ethyl cellosolve acetate, etc.); esters (e.g., ethyl2-hydroxypropionate, etc.); carbitols (e.g., diethylene glycolmonomethyl ether, etc.); and propylene glycol alkyl ether acetates(e.g., propylene glycol methyl ether acetate, propylene glycol propylether acetate, etc.).

The solvent may be included as a balance based on the total amount ofthe photo-sensitive resin composition, and specifically in the amount of50 wt % to 90 wt %. When the solvent is included within the above range,the photo-sensitive resin composition has an appropriate viscosity, andthus the processability becomes excellent in preparing the patternlayer.

In another embodiment, the present disclosure may provide an organiclight emitting display device.

The organic light emitting display device of the present disclosureincludes a substrate 1; an organic light emitting device layer on thesubstrate; a sealing layer 8 disposed on the organic light emittingdevice layer; and a touch panel disposed on the sealing layer.

The touch panel includes a first touch electrode 9 formed in contactwith the upper part of the sealing layer 8; a second touch electrode 11disposed on the first touch electrode; and an insulating layer 10disposed between the first touch electrode and the second touchelectrode, in which the insulating film is a cured film of aphoto-sensitive composition containing hollow silica particles.

The sealing layer 8 may include at least one inorganic layer 8-2 and atleast one organic layer 8-1 that are alternately stacked with eachother.

The first touch electrode and the second touch electrode may be formedof ITO or a metal mesh.

The substrate 1 may be a flexible substrate. The substrate may be madeof a plastic material having excellent heat resistance and durability,such as polyimide (PI), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylenenaphtalate (PEN), polycarbonate (PC), polyarylate (PAR), polyetherimide(PEI), and polyethersulfone (PES). However, the present disclosure isnot limited thereto, and various flexible materials (e.g., metal foil orthin glass) may be used. Meanwhile, the substrate may be a rigid asubstrate, and in this case, a substrate may be made of a glass materialcontaining SiO₂ as a main component.

In the case of a bottom emission type in which the image is implementedin the direction of a substrate, the substrate must be formed of atransparent material.

However, in the case of a top emission type in which the image isimplemented in the opposite direction of a substrate, the substrate doesnot necessarily have to be formed of a transparent material. In thiscase, the substrate can be formed of a metal. When the substrate isformed of metal, the substrate may include at least one selected fromthe group consisting of carbon, iron, chromium, manganese, nickel,titanium, molybdenum, and stainless steel (SUS), but is not limitedthereto.

A TFT layer 2 may be disposed on the substrate 1. The term TFT layerused in this specification refers to a thin film transistor (TFT) arrayfor driving an organic light emitting device, and it refers to a drivingpart for displaying an image.

The FIGURE shows only an organic light emitting device and a drivingthin film transistor for driving the organic light emitting device,which are only for convenience of description and the present disclosureis not limited to what is shown, and it is apparent to those skilled inthe art that a plurality of thin film transistors, storage capacitors,and various wirings may be further included.

The TFT layer 2 may be protected by being covered with a planarizationlayer 3. The planarization layer may include an inorganic insulatinglayer and/or an organic insulating layer. Examples of the inorganicinsulating film that can be used for the planarization layer may includesilicon oxide (SiO₂), silicon nitride (SiNx), silicon oxynitride (SiON),aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃), titanium oxide (TiO₂), tantalum oxide (Ta₂O₅),hafnium oxide (HfO₂), zirconium oxide (ZrO₂), barium strontium titanate(BST), lead zirconate-titanate (PZT), etc.

In addition, the organic insulating film that can be used for aplanarization layer may include common general-purpose polymers (PMMA,PS), polymer derivatives having phenolic groups, acrylic polymers,imide-based polymers, arylether-based polymers, amide-based polymers,fluorine-based polymers, p-xylene-based polymers, vinyl alcohol-basedpolymers, and blends thereof.

Meanwhile, the planarization layer may have a composite stackedstructure of an inorganic insulating film and an organic insulatingfilm.

An organic light emitting device layer may be formed on top of theplanarization layer. The organic light emitting device layer may includea pixel electrode 4 formed on the planarization layer, a counterelectrode 7 disposed to face it, and an organic material layer 6interposed therebetween. When a voltage is applied between the pixelelectrode and the counter electrode, the organic material layer can emitlight. The organic material layer may emit red light, green light, bluelight, white light, etc. When the organic material layer emits whitelight, the organic light emitting display device may further includeblue, green, and red color filters so as to represent color images.

The organic light emitting display device may be classified into abottom emission type, a top emission type, a dual emission type, etc.according to the emission direction.

In an organic light emitting display device of the bottom emission type,the pixel electrode is provided as a light transmitting electrode andthe counter electrode is provided as a reflecting electrode.

In an organic light emitting display device of the top emission type,the pixel electrode is provided as a reflective electrode and thecounter electrode is provided as a transflective electrode.

In the present disclosure, the top emission type in which the organiclight emitting device emits light in the direction of a sealing layerwill be described.

The pixel electrode may be a reflective electrode. The pixel electrodemay include a stacked structure of a reflective layer and a transparentor semi-transparent electrode layer having a high work function.

The reflective layer may include Ag, Mg, Al, Pt, Pd, Au, Ni, Nd, Ir, Cr,or an alloy thereof.

The transparent or semi-transparent electrode layer may include at leastone material selected from among transparent conductive oxide materials,such as indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), zinc oxide(ZnO), indium oxide (In₂O₃; indium oxide), indium gallium oxide (IGO),aluminum zinc oxide (AZO); aluminum zinc oxide), etc.

The pixel electrode may be formed by patterning in an island shapecorresponding to each pixel. Additionally, the pixel electrode mayfunction as an anode electrode.

Meanwhile, a pixel defining layer 5 may be disposed on the pixelelectrode so as to cover the edge of the pixel electrode and include apredetermined opening part that exposes the central part of the pixelelectrode. An organic material layer 6 including an organic lightemitting layer that emits light may be disposed on the area defined bythe opening part. The region on which an organic material layer isdisposed may be defined as a light emitting region. Meanwhile, when thelight emitting region is formed within the opening part of the pixeldefining layer, a region protruding by the pixel defining layer isdisposed between the light emitting regions. This region may be definedas a non-light emitting area because an organic light emitting layer isnot formed in this protruding area.

The counter electrode may be formed as a transmissive electrode. Thecounter electrode may be a semi-transmissive layer in which a metalhaving a small work function (e.g., as Li, Ca, LiF/Ca, LiF/Al, Al, Mg,Ag, etc.) is thinly formed. In order to compensate for the highresistance problem of the thin metal semi-transmissive layer, atransparent conductive layer made of a transparent conductive oxide maybe stacked on the metal semi-transmissive layer. The counter electrodemay be formed over the entire surface of a substrate in the form of acommon electrode. In addition, such a counter electrode may function asa cathode electrode.

The polarities of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode asdescribed above may be opposite to each other.

The organic material layer 6 includes an organic light emitting layerthat emits light, and the organic light emitting layer may use a lowmolecular weight organic material or high molecular weight organicmaterial. When the organic light emitting layer is alow-molecular-weight organic layer formed of a low-molecular organicmaterial, a hole transport layer (HTL), a hole injection layer (HIL),etc. may be disposed in the direction of the pixel electrode around theorganic light emitting layer, whereas an electron transport layer (ETL),an electron injection layer (EIL), etc. may be disposed in the directionof a counter electrode. Certainly, other functional layers than holeinjection layer, hole transport layer, electron transport layer, andelectron injection layer may be stacked.

A sealing layer may be disposed on the organic light emitting devicelayer so as to cover the organic light emitting device layer. Theorganic light emitting device included in the organic light emittingdevice layer is composed of an organic material and may easily bedeteriorated by external moisture or oxygen. Therefore, in order toprotect the organic light emitting device, the organic light emittingdevice layer must be sealed. The sealing layer is a means for sealingthe organic light emitting device layer, and may have a structure inwhich a plurality of inorganic layers and a plurality of organic layersare alternately stacked.

As for the organic light emitting display device according to thisembodiment, it is preferable to form a sealing layer with a thin film inwhich a plurality of inorganic films and a plurality of organic filmsare alternately stacked instead of a substrate, flexibility and thinningof the organic light emitting display device can easily be realized byusing a thin film as a sealing means.

The sealing layer may include a plurality of inorganic layers and aplurality of organic layers. The inorganic layers and the organic layersmay be alternately stacked on each other.

The inorganic layers may be formed of a metal oxide, a metal nitride, ametal carbide, or a combination thereof. For example, the inorganiclayers may be made of aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, or silicon nitride.According to another embodiment, the inorganic layers may include astacked structure of a plurality of inorganic insulating layers. Theinorganic layers may perform the functions of preventing the penetrationof external moisture and/or oxygen, etc. into the organic light emittingdevice layer.

The organic layers may be high molecular weight organic compounds. Forexample, the organic layers may include any one of epoxy, acrylate, andurethane acrylate. The organic layers may perform the functions ofrelieving internal stress of the inorganic layers or compensating fordefects and planarizing the inorganic layers.

The order of stacking the inorganic and organic layers constituting thesealing layer may vary. Although the FIGURE illustrates that an organiclayer is stacked on the organic light emitting device layer, this isexemplary, and an inorganic layer may be stacked first on the organiclight emitting device layer. In addition, although the uppermost layerof the sealing layer is illustrated as an inorganic film, this isexemplary, and an organic film may be the uppermost layer.

A touch panel may be formed on the sealing layer. The touch panel mayinclude a first touch electrode formed on the sealing layer, a secondtouch electrode disposed to face the first touch electrode, and aninsulating layer interposed therebetween.

The first touch electrode and the second touch electrode may be formedin a grid pattern or specific pattern shape. The first touch electrodemay be formed to be in contact with an upper part of the sealing layer,and an inorganic layer may be additionally provided between the sealinglayer and the first touch electrode.

The first touch electrode and the second touch electrode may be formedas a transparent conductive film containing indium tin oxide (ITO),indium zinc oxide (IZO), zinc oxide (ZnO), indium oxide (In₂O₃; indiumoxide), indium gallium oxide (IGO), aluminum zinc oxide (AZO), etc.; maybe formed as a semi-transmissive film formed by thinly forming a metalsuch as Li, Ca, LiF/Ca, LiF/Al, Al, Mg, Ag, etc. with a small workfunction; may be formed by a combination of the transparent conductivefilm and the semi-transmissive film; or may be formed of a metal mesh;and may preferably be formed of a metal mesh among them.

The metal mesh is an electrode prepared by printing an opaque metal(copper, silver, gold, aluminum, etc.) in the form of a grid with athickness of 1 μm to 7 μm. Due to the use of a metal with highconductivity, the metal mesh has the advantages of a low resistancevalue, a fast touch response speed, enables easy realization of a largescreen, and being cheaper than ITO film. In addition, the metal meshelectrode has excellent durability against repeated bending compared tothe ITO electrode, thus being suitable for use as a touch panelelectrode for a foldable display.

The insulating layer is formed of a photo-sensitive compositioncontaining the above-mentioned hollow silica particles and a copolymerresin as essential components. In an organic light emitting displaydevice according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, thedetails about the photo-sensitive composition are the same as those forthe photo-sensitive composition for an insulating film for a touch panelof an organic light emitting display device according to an embodimentof the present disclosure described above, and thus will be omittedherein.

When an insulating layer is formed using the photo-sensitive compositionfor an insulating film for a touch panel of an organic light emittingdisplay device of the present disclosure, an insulating layer having avery low dielectric constant in the range of 2.50 to 3.50 can be formedwithin the dielectric constant measurement range where the frequency ofthe AC voltage is 50 KHz to 300 KHz, and thus a touch panel withimproved response speed and accuracy can be prepared.

As the touch panel, it is desirable that the touch panel be a capacitivetype touch panel which detects the location by recognizing the partwhere the amount of current is changed using the capacitance in thehuman body when the user touches it, and calculating the size. TheFIGURE illustrates a first touch electrode, an insulating film, and asecond touch electrode, which are merely for convenience of description,and the present disclosure is not limited to those illustrated, and itshould be apparent to those skilled in the art that Control IC (whichconverts the analog signal transmitted from the touch panel into adigital signal and controls the coordinate values, etc. needed todetermine the coordinates of the touch area) optical clear adhesive, aflexible printed circuit board (FPCB, in which conductive and signalline patterns are formed to thereby transmit various signals toelectronic components, etc.), and other various kinds of electroniccomponents and various kinds of wirings may be further included.

Additionally, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that, among thestructures of the above-described organic light emitting display device,several functional layers having specific purposes and functions may beadditionally disposed between each layer, and the organic light emittingdisplay device of the present disclosure is not limited to thestructures and drawings described above.

Hereinafter, Synthesis Examples and Examples according to the presentdisclosure will be described in detail; however, these SynthesisExamples and Examples of the present disclosure are not limited thereto.

Synthesis Example 1 (Synthesis of Hollow Silica) Synthesis Example 1-1

(Synthesis of Hollow Silica 1)

To a 3,000 mL 3-neck round-bottom flask equipped with a distillationtube, 1,600 g (20 mol) of cyclohexane (Sigma Aldrich), 560 g (0.93 mol)of polyoxyethylenetert-octylphenyl ether (Sigma Aldrich), 360 g (3.57mol) of 1-hexanol (Sigma Aldrich), and 88 g of water were added, and themixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Then, 5.8 g(0.03 mol) of tetraethylorthosilicate (Sigma Aldrich) was added theretoand the mixture was stirred for additional 2 hours. 45 g of aqueousammonia (29 wt % of an aqueous solution, Daejung Chemicals) was addedthereto, and the mixture was stirred for 10 hours, and 1 g (5.6 mmol) of(3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane (Sigma Aldrich), which was diluted in 6g of ethanol, was added thereto dropwise for 30 minutes. After stirringat room temperature for an additional 6 hours, 1 L of ethanol was addedthereto, and 3 g of hollow silica nanoparticles (diameter: 50 nm) wasobtained using a centrifuge.

Synthesis Example 1-2

(Synthesis of Hollow Silica 2)

To a 250 mL 3-neck round-bottom flask equipped with a distillation tube,1.5 g of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (Mw: 40,000, Sigma Aldrich), 10 g(0.096 mol) of styrene (Sigma Aldrich), and 0.5 g (0.003 mol) ofazobisisobutyronitrile (Sigma Aldrich) were added, 5 g of purified water(0.278 mol), 45 g of ethanol (0.977 mol), and nitrogen were addedthereto while stirring the mixture at 350 RPM. After raising thetemperature therein to 70° C. and maintaining the temperature for 3hours, 0.6 g of [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride (75wt % in water, Sigma Aldrich) was added thereto and the mixture wasstirred for 3 hours. Then, after cooling to the resultant to 50° C., 4mL of aqueous ammonia (25 wt %, Sigma Aldrich) was added thereto, and 10g (0.048 mol) of tetraethylorthosilicate (Sigma Aldrich) wasadditionally added thereto. The resultant was stirred for an additional2 hours, cooled, and 100 mL of ethanol was added thereto. The resultantwas subjected to centrifugation to thereby obtain 13 g of particlesincluding internal polystyrene within a silica shell having a diameterof 400 nm. The particles were calcined at 800° C. for 1 hour using afurnace (Revodix Inc.) to remove the polystyrene inside the particles,and thereby 2 g of hollow silica nanoparticles (diameter: 400 nm) wasobtained.

Synthesis Example 1-3

(Synthesis of Hollow Silica 3)

2 g of hollow silica nanoparticles (diameter: 1 μm) was obtained in thesame manner as in Synthesis Example 1-2, except for reducing the amountof poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (Mw: 40,000, Sigma Aldrich) from 1.5 g to 0.5g and reducing the stirring speed from 350 RPM to 250 RPM.

Synthesis Example 2 (Synthesis of Alkali Soluble Resin) SynthesisExample 2-1 to Synthesis Example 2-7

(Synthesis of Binder 1-1 to Binder 1-7)

To a 250 mL 3-neck round-bottom flask equipped with a distillation tube,the compounds listed in Table 1 were added, and the temperature thereinwas raised to 80° C. and reacted for 4 hours to obtain Binder 1-1 toBinder 1-7 resins, which were dissolved to a concentration of 300% inPGMEA. The weight average molecular weights of the resins measured usingGPC are shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Synthesis Synthesis Synthesis Synthesis Synthesis SynthesisSynthesis Example Example Example Example Example Example Example 2-12-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-7 (Binder 1- (Binder 1- (Binder 1- (Binder 1-(Binder 1- (Binder (Binder 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 1-6) 1-7) Methacrylic Acid  3g  15 g 20 g 15 g 15 g 15 g 15 g (Sigma Aldrich) (0.04 mol) (0.18 mol)(0.24 mol) (0.18 mol) (0.18 mol) (0.18 mol) (0.18 mol) Styrene 97 g  75g 65 g 75 g 75 g 75 g 75 g (Sigma Aldrich) (0.93 mol) (0.72 mol) (0.62mol) (0.72 mol) (0.72 mol) (0.72 mol) (0.72 mol) Glycidyl 8.53 g   17.06g   17.06 g   — — 21.32 g   — Methacrylate (0.06 mol) (0.12 mol) (0.12mol) (0.15 mol) (Sigma Aldrich) (7-oxabicyclo — — — 23.56 g   — — 29.44g   [4.1.0]heptan-3- (0.12 mol) (0.15 mol) yl)methyl methacrylate (SigmaAldrich) (3-ethyloxetan-3- — — — — 22.1 g   — — yl)methyl (0.12 mol)methacrylate (TCI Insulator Co., Ltd.) N-Cyclo- — — — — — 21.51 g  21.51 hexylmaleimide (0.12 mol) (0.12 mol) (Sigma Aldrich Co., Ltd.)AIBN (Radical  8 g  8 g  8 g  8 g  8 g  8 g  8 g Initiator) (0.05 mol)(0.05 mol) (0.05 mol) (0.05 mol) (0.05 mol) (0.05 mol) (0.05 mol) (SigmaAldrich) PGMEA 233 g  233 g 233 g  233 g  233 g  233 g  233 g  (Solvent)(Daicel Co., Ltd.) Weight Average 9.970 9.660 9.520 9.710 9.750 10.09010.170 Molecular g/mol g/mol g/mol g/mol g/mol g/mol g/mol Weight

The mole fraction of each repeating unit in each resin molecule ofBinder 1-1 to Binder 1-7 is as follows.

Synthesis Example 2-8

(Synthesis of Acryl Binder)

To a 250 mL 3-neck round-bottom flask equipped with a distillation tube,55 g of propylene glycol methacrylate (Sigma Aldrich), 31.5 g (0.18 mol)of benzyl methacrylate (Sigma Aldrich), 2.25 g (0.01 mol) ofazobisisobutyronitrile (Sigma Aldrich), 6.75 g (0.07 mol) of methylmethacrylate (Sigma Aldrich), and 6.75 g (0.08 mol) of methacrylic acid(Sigma Aldrich) were added, and the mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 3hours, and thereby a propylene glycol methylether acetate solution, inwhich 30 wt % solids of an acrylic binder having a weight averagemolecular weight of 10,000 were contained, was obtained.

EXAMPLES Example 1 to Example 8

The photo-sensitive compositions were prepared with the compositions (wt%) shown in Table 2 below.

TABLE 2 Photo-sensitive Composition Example 1 Example 2 Example 3Example 4 Example 5 Example 6 Example 7 Example 8 Hollow Silica 1 3 3 33 3 3 — — Hollow Silica 2 — — — — — — 3 3 M600 (Miwon 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7Commercial Co., Ltd.) OXE-02 (BASF) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5Binder 1-2 8 — — — — — 8 — Binder 1-3 — 8 — — — — — 8 Binder 1-4 — — 8 —— — — — Binder 1-5 — — — 8 — — — — Binder 1-6 — — — — 8 — — — Binder 1-7— — — — — 8 — — Propylene Glycol 81.5 81.5 81.5 81.5 81.5 81.5 81.5 81.5Methyl Ether Acetate (Daicel Co., Ltd.)

Comparative Example 1 to Comparative Example 6

The photo-sensitive compositions were prepared with the compositions (wt%) shown in Table 3 below.

TABLE 3 Photo-sensitive Comparative Comparative Comparative ComparativeComparative Comparative Composition Example 1 Example 2 Example 3Example 4 Example 5 Example 6 Hollow Silica 1 3 — — — — 3 Hollow Silica3 — 3 3 3 — — M600 (Miwon 7 7 7 7 7.2 7 Commercial Co., Ltd.) OXE-02(BASF) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Binder 1-1 8 — — — — Binder 1-2 — 8 — —8.3 Binder 1-3 — — 8 — — Binder 1-4 — — — 8 — Acryl Binder — — — — — 8Propylene Glycol 81.5 81.5 81.5 81.5 81.5 84 Methyl Ether Acetate(Daicel Co., Ltd.)

The structure of M600 in Tables 2 and 3 is as shown below.

The method of preparing patterns using the above composition is asfollows (a photolithography step).

(1) Step of Coating and Film Formation

The red photo-sensitive resin composition described above was applied toa washed 5 cm*5 cm stainless substrate to a thickness of 2 μm using aspin coater, and then heated at a temperature of 100° C. for 1 minute toremove the solvent to thereby form a coating film.

(2) Step of Light Exposure

In order to form a pattern required for the obtained coating film, amask of a predetermined shape was interposed, and then irradiation wasperformed with actinic rays of 190 nm to 500 nm. The light exposuremachine used was MA-6, and the amount of light exposure was 100 mJ/cm².

(3) Step of Development

Following the step of light exposure, the coating film was developed bydipping it into the AX 300 MIF developer solution (AZEM) at 25° C. for 1minute, and then it was washed with water to dissolve and remove theunexposed parts, thereby leaving only the exposed parts to form an imagepattern.

(4) Step of Post-Processing

In order to obtain an excellent pattern in terms of heat resistance,light resistance, adhesion, crack resistance, chemical resistance, highstrength, storage stability, etc. of the image pattern obtained by theabove development, post baking was performed in an oven at 230° C. for30 minutes.

(5) Preparation of Sample for Measurement of Dielectric Constant

In a circle with a diameter of 1 cm, gold was sputtered to a thicknessof 100 μm, and the permittivity of the pattern obtained by thepost-processing step was measured at 25° C. using an LCR meter(Agilent), according to ASTM D150 (Standard test method for AC losscharacteristics and dielectric constant of solid electrical insulation),while varying the frequency of the AC voltage to 50 kHz, 100 kHz, and300 kHz.

(6) Measurement of Minimum Pattern Size on Substrate

The minimum pattern size of the patterns formed by the photo-sensitivecomposition of Examples 1 to 8 and Comparative Examples 1 to 6 obtainedthrough the post-processing step was measured using an opticalmicroscope (Nikon) on a substrate.

The dielectric constant of the films obtained through thephotolithography step and the maximum resolution (minimum pattern sizeon the substrate) of the pattern formed on a substrate were measured andare described in Tables 4 and 5.

TABLE 4 Photo-sensitive Example Example Example Example Example ExampleExample Example Composition 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dielectric 3.21 3.28 3.233.22 3.02 3.05 3.30 3.33 Constant At 50 kHz Dielectric 3.10 3.17 3.123.11 2.93 2.95 3.26 3.23 Constant At 100 kHz Dielectric 2.98 3.11 2.973.00 2.75 2.78 3.17 3.18 Constant At 300 kHz Minimum Pattern 3.7 3.1 3.63.7 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.8 Size on Substrate μm)

TABLE 5 Comparative Comparative Comparative Comparative ComparativeComparative Photo-sensitive Example Example Example Example ExampleExample Composition 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dielectric Constant At 2.90 2.91 2.952.89 4.16 4.31 50 kHz Dielectric Constant At 2.71 2.76 2.83 2.78 4.014.20 100 kHz Dielectric Constant At 2.55 2.69 2.77 2.67 3.95 4.13 300kHz Minimum Pattern Size 11.6 5.9 6.2 6.1 3.2 8.7 on Substrate μm)

Comparative Example 1 using Binder 1-1, it can be seen that although thedielectric constant was slightly increased, the resolution wassignificantly improved as the minimum pattern size on the substratebecame smaller. It is speculated that this is due to a differenceaccording to the ratio of a repeating unit of the copolymer resin usedas binder resin.

That is, when the mole fraction of the styrene repeating unit is in therange of 0.4 to 0.7 and the mole fraction of the carboxylic acidrepeating unit is in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 as in Binder 1-2 to Binder1-7, the dielectric constant at 50 KHz to 300 KHz of the pattern formedof a photo-sensitive composition containing the same was 3.5 or less,and the minimum pattern size on the substrate was measured to be 4.1 μmor less, and it can be seen that the photo-sensitive composition hasvery suitable properties for use as an insulating film material for atouch panel of an organic light emitting display device.

In addition, comparing Example 1 and Example 7 in Table 2 withComparative Example 2 and Comparative Example 5 in Table 3 above, and itcan be seen that in the cases of Example 1 and Example 7, hollow silicaparticles having particle diameters of 50 nm and 400 nm, respectively,were used; in Comparative Example 2, hollow silica having a particlediameter of 1 μm was used; and in Comparative Example 5, hollow silicaparticles were not included.

When the dielectric constant of the patterns formed by thephoto-sensitive compositions of Examples 1 and 7 and ComparativeExamples 2 and 5 and the minimum pattern size on the substrate wereexamined through Table 4 and Table 5 above, the dielectric constant ofComparative Example 2 showed a tendency to be lower compared to those ofExamples 1 and 7, but the minimum pattern size on the substrate wassignificantly increased, and the resolution of the pattern wassignificantly reduced, thus confirming that these photo-sensitivecompositions are not suitable for use as an insulating film material fora touch panel of an organic light emitting display device.

Additionally, it was confirmed that in Comparative Example 5, which didnot include hollow silica particles, the dielectric constant wasmeasured to be significantly high compared to those of Examples 1 and 7and Comparative Example 2, which included hollow silica particles. Fromthese results, it was confirmed that photo-sensitive compositionsincluding hollow silica particles have an effect of lowering thedielectric constant, and that when the use of hollow silica particleswith a particle diameter between 10 nm and 500 nm is effective inlowering the dielectric constant while maintaining the resolution of thepattern.

Additionally, when Examples 1 to 6 of Table 2 with Comparative Example 6of Table 3 were compared, it was confirmed that in the cases of Examples1 to 6, the copolymer resin of the present disclosure was used as abinder resin, whereas in Comparative Example 6, acryl binder synthesizedin Synthesis Example 2-8 was used as a binder resin.

When the dielectric constant of the patterns formed by a photo-sensitivecomposition of Examples 1 to 6 and Comparative Example 6 and the minimumpattern size on the substrate were compared through Tables 4 and 5above, it can be seen that the dielectric constant of the patternsformed by the photo-sensitive compositions of Examples 1 to 6 is lowwhile the resolution of the patterns is high. From these results, it canbe seen that even in the case of a photo-sensitive composition includinghollow silica particles, when hollow silica particles and the copolymerresin from the present disclosure are included in the photo-sensitivecomposition, the photo-sensitive composition has more excellent effectsof lowering the dielectric constant and improving the resolution of thepattern.

Additionally, it was confirmed in Table 4 that in the cases of Example 5and Example 6 including Binder 1-6 and Binder 1-7 includingN-cyclohexylmaleimide monomers, the dielectric constant and resolutionwere slightly lowered compared to Examples 1 to 4, 7, and 8 where binderresins not including N-cyclohexylmaleimide monomers were used, and itwas confirmed that these photo-sensitive compositions are suitable as amaterial for forming an insulating film for a touch panel of an organiclight emitting display device that requires low dielectric constantcharacteristics.

The photo-sensitive compositions of the present disclosure are notlimited to the Examples, but may be prepared in various different forms.

The above description is merely illustrative of the present disclosure,those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains willbe able to make various modifications within a range that does notdeviate from the essential characteristics of the present disclosure.

Therefore, the Examples disclosed in this specification are forexplanation purposes rather than limiting the present disclosure, andthe spirit and scope of the present disclosure are not limited by theseExamples. The protection scope of the present disclosure should beinterpreted by the claims, and all descriptions within the scopeequivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope ofthe present disclosure.

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1: substrate 2: TFT layer 3: planarization layer 4: pixel electrode 5:pixel defining layer 6: an organic material layer 7: counter electrode8: sealing layer 8-1: organic film 8-2: inorganic film 9: first touchelectrode 10: insulating film 11: second touch electrode

What is claimed is:
 1. A photo-sensitive composition for an insulatingfilm for a touch panel of an organic light emitting display device,wherein the photo-sensitive composition comprises an alkali solubleresin; a reactive unsaturated compound; a photo-initiator; hollowsilica; and a solvent.
 2. The photo-sensitive composition of claim 1,wherein the alkali soluble resin comprises a copolymer resin thatcomprises a repeating unit represented by Formula (1), a repeating unitrepresented by Formula (2), and a repeating unit represented by Formula(3):

wherein: 1) * represents a binding site; 2) R¹ is selected from thegroup consisting of hydrogen; deuterium; a halogen; a fluorenyl group; acarbonyl group; an ester group; an ether group; a sulfonic acid group; aC₆₋₃₀ aryl group; a C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic group comprising at least oneheteroatom of O, N, S, Si, and P; a C₆₋₃₀ fused ring group of analiphatic ring and an aromatic ring; a C₁₋₂₀ alkyl group; a C₂₋₂₀alkenyl group; a C₂₋₂₀ alkynyl group; a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxy group; a C₆₋₃₀aryloxy group; and a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxycarbonyl group; 3) a is an integer of 1to 5; 4) R² to R⁴ are each independently selected from the groupconsisting of hydrogen; deuterium; a halogen; a fluorenyl group; a C₆₋₃₀aryl group; a C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic group comprising at least oneheteroatom among O, N, S, Si, and P; a C₆₋₃₀ fused ring group of analiphatic ring and an aromatic ring; a C₁₋₂₀ alkyl group; a C₂₋₂₀alkenyl group; a C₂₋₂₀ alkynyl group; a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxy group; a C₆₋₃₀aryloxy group; a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxycarbonyl group; 5) L¹ is a single bond; afluorenylene group; C₁₋₃₀ alkylene; C₁₋₃₀ alkoxylene; C₁₋₃₀ alkenylene;C₆₋₃₀ arylene; C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic ring; or C₃₋₃₀ cycloalkylene; 6) w (amole fraction of the repeating unit represented by Formula (1) amongresin molecules) is 0.4 to 0.7; x (a mole fraction of the repeating unitrepresented by Formula (2) among resin molecules) is 0.1 to 0.3; and y(a mole fraction of the repeating unit represented by Formula (3) amongresin molecules) is 0.1 to 0.3; 7) R¹ to R⁴ are each optionally bound toneighboring groups to form a ring; and 8) R¹ to R⁴, L¹, and the ringformed by the neighboring groups are each optionally further substitutedwith one or more substituents selected from the group consisting ofdeuterium; a halogen; a silane group substituted or unsubstituted with aC₁₋₃₀ alkyl group or C₆₋₃₀ aryl group; a siloxane group; a boron group;a germanium group; a cyano group; an amino group; a nitro group; a C₁₋₃₀alkylthio group; a C₁₋₃₀ alkoxy group; a C₆₋₃₀ arylalkoxy group; a C₁₋₃₀alkyl group; a C₂₋₃₀ alkenyl group; a C₂₋₃₀ alkynyl group; a C₆₋₃₀ arylgroup; a C₆₋₃₀ aryl group substituted with deuterium; a fluorenyl group;a C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic group comprising at least one heteroatom among O,N, S, Si, and P; a C₃₋₃₀ alicyclic group; a C₇₋₃₀ arylalkyl group; aC₈₋₃₀ arylalkenyl group; and a combination thereof; or may form a ringwith the neighboring substituents.
 3. The photo-sensitive composition ofclaim 2, wherein, R⁴ in Formula (3) is a saturated heterocyclic ringcomprising oxygen (O).
 4. The photo-sensitive composition of claim 2,wherein i, R⁴ in Formula (3) is one of Formula 3-1 to Formula 3-3:


5. The photo-sensitive composition of claim 2, wherein the copolymerresin further comprises a repeating unit represented by Formula (4):

wherein: 1) * represents a bonding part; 2) Ar¹ is selected from thegroup consisting of hydrogen; deuterium; a halogen; a fluorenyl group; aC₃₋₃₀ cycloalkyl group; a C₆₋₃₀ aryl group; a C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic groupcomprising at least one heteroatom among O, N, S, Si, and P; a C₆₋₃₀fused ring group of an aliphatic ring and an aromatic ring; a C₁₋₂₀alkyl group; a C₂₋₂₀ alkenyl group; a C₂₋₂₀ alkynyl group; a C₁₋₂₀alkoxy group; a C₆₋₃₀ aryloxy group; and a C₁₋₂₀ alkoxycarbonyl group;3) L² is a single bond; a fluorenylene group; C₁₋₃₀ alkylene; C₁₋₃₀alkoxylene; C₁₋₃₀ alkenylene; C₆₋₃₀ arylene; C₂₋₃₀ heterocyclic ring; orC₃₋₃₀ cycloalkylene; and 4) z (a mole fraction of the repeating unitrepresented by Formula (4) among resin molecules) is 0.1 to 0.3.
 6. Thephoto-sensitive composition of claim 2, wherein the copolymer resin hasan average molecular weight of 1,000 g/mol to 100,000 g/mol.
 7. Thephoto-sensitive composition of claim 1, wherein the alkali soluble resinhas a total amount of 3 wt % to 70 wt % based on the total amount of thephoto-sensitive composition.
 8. The photo-sensitive composition of claim1, wherein the reactive unsaturated compound comprises a structurerepresented by Formula (5):

wherein two or more of Z₁ to Z₄ have structures of Formula (G); and therest of Z₁ to Z₄ are independently hydrogen, deuterium, a methyl group,an ethyl group, or a methylhydroxy group;

in Formula (G) above, 1) t is an integer of 1 to 20; 2) L₇ is a C₁₋₂₀alkylene group; and 3) Y₃ is represented by Formula (H) or Formula (I)wherein R₂₁ is hydrogen; deuterium; or a methyl group:


9. The photo-sensitive composition of claim 1, wherein the reactiveunsaturated compound is comprised in an amount of 1 wt % to 40 wt %based on the total amount of the photo-sensitive composition.
 10. Thephoto-sensitive composition of claim 1, wherein the photo-initiatorcomprises one or more compounds selected from the group consisting ofoxime ester-based compounds, acetophenone-based compounds,benzophenone-based compounds, thioxanthone-based compounds,benzoin-based compounds, triazine-based compounds, carbazole-basedcompounds, diketone-based compounds, sulfonium borate-based compounds,diazo-based compounds, imidazole-based compounds, biimidazole-basedcompounds, peroxide-based compounds, and azobis-based compounds.
 11. Thephoto-sensitive composition of claim 1, wherein the photo-initiator iscomprised in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 10 wt % based on the total amountof the photo-sensitive composition.
 12. The photo-sensitive compositionof claim 1, further comprising a photo-sensitizer.
 13. Thephoto-sensitive composition of claim 1, wherein the hollow silica has aparticle size of 10 nm to 500 nm.
 14. The photo-sensitive composition ofclaim 1, wherein the hollow silica has a porosity of 10 vol % to 80 vol%.
 15. The photo-sensitive composition of claim 1, wherein the hollowsilica has a specific surface area of 10 m²/g to 2,000 m²/g.
 16. Thephoto-sensitive composition of claim 1, wherein the hollow silica issurface-treated physically or chemically.
 17. The photo-sensitivecomposition of claim 1, wherein, the hollow silica is comprised in anamount of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt % based on the solid content excluding asolvent.
 18. An insulation film for a touch panel of an organic lightemitting display device which is formed from the photo-sensitivecomposition according to claim 1, wherein the dielectric constant is2.50 to 3.50 when the frequency of the AC voltage is 50 KHz to 300 KHz.19. A touch panel, comprising: a first touch electrode; a second touchelectrode disposed on the first touch electrode; and the insulatinglayer of claim 18 disposed between the first touch electrode and thesecond touch electrode.
 20. An organic light emitting display device,comprising: a substrate; an organic light emitting device layer on thesubstrate; a sealing layer disposed on the organic light emitting devicelayer; and the touch panel of claim 19 disposed on the sealing layer.